Jolene's Recipe Journal

U is for Utah Buttermilk Scones! This year I'm participating in a bi-weekly challenge with some blogging friends to post recipes using all of the letters in the alphabet.  It can feature a food that begins with the letter of the week or the recipe name can contain the week's letter. For today's letter, U, I decided to really challenge myself and not only make something with yeast but also something deep fried.  I'm not quite certain why these are called Utah scones when they resemble more of a fried dough boy, but I was excited to give them a try. I proofed the yeast in the bowl of my KitchenAid mixer and then brought it together with the paddle attachment.  I switched over to the dough hook but stopped when it looked close to being combined and switched to kneading by hand. I personally like a pastry mat for kneading dough because you can use a lot less flour and also it's easier to clean up. Once the dough was smooth-ish, I put it into a clean, oiled bowl, cover

  Fall is my favorite time of year and one of the best days is when I see the message from the local orchard that the Honeycrisp are ready! When I chose my recipe for this month's Muffin Monday I knew it would be something with apples. I chose Caramel Apple Muffins from Taste of Home and it's a standard dry mix to start off.  Flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, spices.     I reduced the amount of cinnamon called for to 1 1/2 teaspoons and used my Microplane to grate in a nice amount of nutmeg. I didn't measure, maybe 1/2 teaspoon? The wet ingredients are milk, egg, melted butter and vanilla. I melted the butter in a glass bowl and let it cool slightly before whisking the other ingredients into it. For the caramel, you can use the candies that you have to unwrap but I like these bite sized bits. Be advised that the recipe says to eat the muffins warm because the caramels will reharden when cool. If you'd like caramel flavor without that issue, you can use extract. Dependi